[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    Evaluation of the Methadone/LAAM Treatment Program Accreditation 
Project--New--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), in 
conjunction with other Federal Agencies, is involved in planning and 
developing accreditation processes for methadone/LAAM treatment 
programs (MTPs). This project will evaluate the process, costs, and 
administrative and clinical impacts of the accreditation process, and 
will estimate the costs of national implementation of an accreditation 
system. In collaboration with accreditation and technical assistance 
contractors, evaluation activities will be conducted at a sample of 
treatment sites, with a control group of treatment sites. Measures will 
include program structure and operation, costs, clinical practice, 
staff appraisal, patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. The 
estimated annualized burden for the three-year data collection period 
is summarized below.

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                                                            Number of      Average                              
                                               Number of    responses    burden per   Total burden   Annualized 
                 Instrument                   respondents      per        response        hours     burden hours
                                                            respondent     (hours)                              
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Site Survey.................................         180             2          1.5          540           180  
Cost Survey \1\.............................        (180)            2          3.5        1,260           420  
Activity Log \1\............................        (135)           13          0.5          877.5         292.5
Treatment Staff Questionnaires..............       1,800             2          0.33       1,188           399  
Treatment Staff \2\ (Focus Groups)..........      (1,080)            1          1.5        1,620           540  
Patient Questionnaire.......................      14,400             1          0.25       3,600         1,200  
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      Total.................................      16,380   ...........  ............       9,085.5       3,031.5 
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\1\ Site level response by participating sites.                                                                 
\2\ Focus group respondents are a subset of the treatment staff.                                                

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-10786 Filed 4-22-98; 8:45 am]
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